MInor Counties Championship 1912

MATCH NUMBER 74: DORSET V WILTSHIRE At The Earl of Shaftesbury’s Ground, St Giles Park, Wimborne on Monday 19, Tuesday 20 August 1912 Result: Match drawn - Dorset won on first innings Points: Dorset 3, Wiltshire 1 Toss: Dorset Umpires: Not known Debutants: Dorset none; Wiltshire 1 (C K Merewether) First day score: Dorset 123-8 wickets (-*, -*) Dorset Rev W H Arundell c Overton b Laverton 18 ( ) b Newman 2 R H D Bolton c Merewether b Newman 32 ( ) b Mitchell 0 A M Harrison c Miller b Laverton 10 ( ) b Newman 8 F A S Sewell c Sellick b Laverton 1 ( ) b Newman 19 R M Manser lbw b Overton 6 ( ) run out 6 H C B Cummins c Sellick b Taunton 16 ( ) b Newman 3 J A Parke b Overton 0 ( ) lbw b Laverton 7 N R Udal lbw b Newman 17 ( ) lbw b Laverton 33 * C P Goodden b Newman 8 ( ) b Laverton 6 Walby, E C not out 8 ( ) c Miller b Overton 3 + C H L Kindersley c and b Mitchell 9 ( ) not out 3 Extras 13 5 Total (all out) 138 (all out) 95 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 46 138 Second innings 28 69 95 Mitchell 11 5 20 1 - - (1) 14 5 21 1 - - Taunton 3 0 9 1 - - Newman 13 2 44 3 - - (2) 23 7 44 4 - - Overton 12 5 24 2 - - (3) 4 1 6 1 - - Laverton 15 5 28 3 - - (4) 10 3 19 3 - - Extras - - 13 0 - - - - 5 1 - - Total 54 17 138 10 - - 51 16 95 10 - - Wiltshire S J H Taunton b Walby 0 (1) b Harrison 17 Newman, A W b Harrison 1 (5) not out 3 W R C Laverton lbw b Walby 2 G W Mathews lbw b Walby 4 (4) c Manser b Harrison 0 R W Awdry c Parke b Walby 8 (2) b Walby 18 * A M Miller b Walby 9 (3) not out 8 S Whittaker c and b Harrison 2 Sellick, A S run out 23 C K Merewether c Udal b Walby 2 Mitchell, H b Walby 7 Overton, W not out 0 Extras 6 1 Total (all out) 64 (3 wickets) 47 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 64 Second innings - - - - - - - Walby 15 5 21 7 - - (1) 5 1 27 1 - - Harrison 15 2 37 2 - - (2) 4 0 19 2 - - Extras - - 6 1 - - - - 1 0 - - Total 30 7 64 10 - - 9 1 47 3 - - Notes: This return match was left drawn with Dorset winning on first innings - an identical result to that reached between the two teams at Trowbridge just three days earlier. Rain prevented play until 4 pm on the first day and a further shower ended the day’s play at 6.05 pm. For the home side Udal’s 33 was the highest score of the match whilst Walby took 7 wickets for 21 runs in Wiltshire’s first innings, during which he and Harrison bowled unchanged. [Missing: Umpires; part fall of wickets; extars breakdown; close of play score players details; Dorset second innings batting order; Wiltshire wicket-keeper.] Sources: Dorset County Chronicle 22 August; Weymouth and Portland Standard 20 August; Devizes and Wilts Gazette 22 August; Swindon Advertiser 20 August; Cricket 14 September, p 508. 105